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    Quote Originally Posted by rendoman View Post
    Hi all
    I decided to make a simple faceplate in order to complete some speaker panel I need for test. It can be useful for large parts or strange shape. Size is 255mm diameter, 25mm thick steel. I drilled 40 holes, 8,25mm for M10.
    You'll be pleased with how it adds to the indexer too. A whole new world of parts can be affixed.
    Lathes are incomplete without faceplates and tapped holes would be my choice over slotting.
    Especially when you only have two hands. The avatar proves such is the case!
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    Toolmaker51
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